{"id":4635,"date":"2013-02-12T03:12:16","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T08:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=4635"},"modified":"2013-02-12T03:12:16","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T08:12:16","slug":"three-monthly-resolutions-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=4635","title":{"rendered":"three monthly resolutions: february"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month, I wrote<\/a> that I was going to eschew annual goals in favor of three more manageable monthly goals.<\/p>\n

\"January<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

I am pleased to report that I accomplished January’s goals, which were:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Do not buy hot drinks in disposable cups.<\/strong> I cut back on to-go drinks in general, but also started carrying a travel mug with me in my messenger bag most of the time.<\/li>\n
  2. Attend a Tuesday night swing class\/dance.<\/strong> My resolution-making started mid-month, which didn’t leave me many options for swing classes. I fudged it, sending an email in January inviting friends to attend the first swing class in February.<\/li>\n
  3. Get my reader card for the Library of Congress.<\/strong> Now I just need to figure out what I want to look at first!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Again, we’re more than a third of the way through the month when I make my goals (I’ll work on that in March), but here’s what I hope to accomplish in February:<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Ice skate at the two new rinks in D.C.<\/strong> There are now three outdoor rinks in D.C., and, while I’ve skated at the rink at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden, I haven’t been in several years. A trifecta would be awesome for the season, but I’ll settle for checking out the new rinks in Georgetown and over by the Navy Yard.<\/li>\n

      <\/p>\n

    2. Mend all my clothing that needs it.<\/strong> I have knit items that need darning. I have rent fabric items that need patching\/sewing up. I have buttons that need to be refastened. I keep thinking, I’ll get to that later and put things back into the closet or drawers, but they’re just taking up valuable space if I don’t ever get to the fixing stage.<\/li>\n

      <\/p>\n

    3. Begin a 100 push-up program<\/a>.<\/strong> When I did the ropes course last summer, I discovered that while my leg strength is acceptable, my arm strength resembles that of the 90-pound weakling. I have a goal for later in the year that requires a good deal of upper-body strength, so this seems like a good time to get going on it. (I will try regular push-ups, but if I can’t manage any, I’m totally going for the ones where you work off your knees instead of your toes to start with.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      How about you? How are your resolutions going?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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